Excerpt from First Annual Report of the Clarke Institution for Deaf Mutes, at Northampton, Mass., For the Year 1867 This sign language has few parts of speech, a limited vocabulary, and an inverted idiom, unnatural to one accustomed to the idiom of the English language. This language becomes the vernacular of the pupils, and in writing they frequently use their own peculiar idioms, called by their teachers deaf-mutisms. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Thirty-Fourth Annual Report of the Clarke School for the Deaf, at Northampton, Mass: For the Year Ending August 31, 1901 Section 1. The name of the corporation now known as the Clarke Institution for Deaf Mutes in the City of Northampton is hereby changed to that of The Clarke School for the Deaf. Bwon 2. All devises, bequests, conveyances and gifts heretofore or hereafter made to said corporation by either of said names shall vest in the corporation of The Clarke School for the Deaf. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.